Resilient wheel



Feb. l0, 1931. M. LAGARD 1,791,930

RESILIENT WHEEL Filed June 1'7, 1929 w fw ffm@ Patented Feb. 1o, 1931 PATENT-,OFFICE MAJOR LAGARD, or' HOUSTON, TEXAS RESILIENT WHEEL Appncation mea June 17,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in 4a resilient wheel.

One object of the invention is to provide a wheel of the character described specially de- 5 signed for use on vehicles particularly Vmotor vehicles and which will be suliiciently resilient to dispense with vthe necessity of pneumatic tires.-

Another object of the invention is to pro- 10 vide a resilient wheel of the character described having a hub and a suitable rim fixed relative to the hub either by means of the conventional spokes or disc and alsoh'aving a sectional tread or tire disposed around the is rim and yieldably mounted so as to give the desired resiliency to the wheel with intermeshing means between the rim and the outor or tire sections to give Athe desired tractive capacity.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particular relation to certain novel features oi' construction, operation and arrangements ofparts, anv example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings where- Figure 1 shows a plan viewpof the wheel partly in section, and

Figure 2 shows a side elevation thereof 9G partly in sectionf y Y In the drawings the numeral l designates the hub having the usual radiating spokes 2 with the rim 3 aroundand secured to the outer ends of said spokes. VThis rim is channel like in cross sectional contour having the outwardly extending annular side flanges 4, 4C. Secured to the rim between said iianges are the radially extending gear like teeth 5 pref,- erably spaced a uniform distance apart there- 40 around. There is a sectional tread or tire around the wheel composed of sections which are designated generally by the numeral 6.

Each section of the tire is formed of an arcuate plate, as 7 with the rubber tread portion 8 setive circumferential movement.

parts shown and l herebyreserve the right to il) makeV such mechanical changes` as may be 1929. Serial No. 371,621.

3 and the correspondingplates 7 and surrounding the respective rods 9 are the coil springs 1l which give the required resiliency to the wheel. Extending inwardly from plates 7 are the gear like teeth 12 which intermesh sa with and are spaced from the `corresponding teeth, 5. These intermeshing teeth 5` and l2 permit the radial movement of the sections 6 relative to the rim 3, but prevent their rela- V'Vhile I have shown what I now consider to be a preferred form of the invention, it is obvious that mechanical changes may be made therein, and equivalents substituted for the found desirable within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A resilient wheel including ahub, a rim around and spaced from and concentric with the hub, means `securing the rim and hub together, said rim being channel like in cross sectional contour, radial, peripheral Vteeth between and spaced from the side flanges of said rim, a tread around the -riin formed of arcuate sections, a pair of rods at each end of each section, said rods extending inwardly through bearings in said rim and onerod of each pair being` located on each side of said teeth, springs around said rods and located between said respective sectionsand the rim, and inwardly extending teeth carried by the sections which intermesh with the teeth Vor' said rim. l "E" In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification. i

Y MAJOR LAGARD. 

